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AI can detect signs of lung-clogging blot clots in electrocardiograms, shows study

Pulmonary embolisms are dangerous, lung-clogging blot clots. In a pilot study, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai showed for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can detect signs of these clots in electrocardiograms (EKGs), a finding which may one day help doctors with screening.

22 Dec 2021

Study looks at the impact of long-term efforts to improve gender balance

Many technology studies are strongly male-dominated, which shows up in the labor market afterwards and is one of several reasons why women on average earn less than men.

21 Dec 2021

Simple, inexpensive method to predict the risk of functional disability in older people

Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, in partnership with colleagues at University College London in the UK have discovered an efficient, simple and inexpensive method of predicting the risk of functional disability in older people.

21 Dec 2021

New report warns about failure to appreciate the complex nature of environmental risks

Complex risks to human health and wellbeing have been neglected by governments and NGOs because of a failure appreciate the complex nature of environmental risks, a new report warns.

20 Dec 2021

Local pharmacists fill Rx void as big brands pull out of rural areas

Bill Mather, a pharmacist in the small Iowa city of Greenfield, wanted to make sure his neighbors could fill their prescriptions without driving long distances or enduring long wait times.

20 Dec 2021

Nurses in crisis over covid dig in for better work conditions

Nurses and health care workers across the country are finding strength in numbers and with labor actions not seen in years.

16 Dec 2021

New UN-wide initiative to foster healthy aging and improve the lives of older people

The United Nations General Assembly today declared 2021-2030 the Decade of Healthy Aging.

15 Dec 2021

Study: Pregnant women with disabilities have increased risk for birth complications and death

Pregnant women with disabilities have a much higher risk for severe pregnancy- and birth-related complications and death than other pregnant women, according to findings by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

15 Dec 2021

New report provides data on the wellbeing of working-age Australians with chronic conditions

Chronic health conditions are the leading cause of poor health and mortality in Australia but they also have a major impact on other parts of people’s lives.

9 Dec 2021

Data science proved what Pittsburgh’s Black leaders knew: Racial disparities compound covid risk

The ferocity of the covid-19 pandemic did what Black Pittsburgh — communities that make up a quarter of the city's population — thought impossible. It shook the norms.

7 Dec 2021

New research explores midwives' work situation and environment

Midwives report a considerably worse work environment, from several aspects, than people on the Swedish labor market in general.

6 Dec 2021

Equipment-free handheld microfluidic injection provides visible readout of SARS-CoV-2 detection

In this paper, a group of researchers from Harvard Medical School, McGill University, and Tianjin University describes an on-chip diagnostic technology for the direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 N protein in nasal samples that combines the advantages of hydrodynamic microfluidic filtration and sandwich immunoassay.

5 Dec 2021

Data shows decline in mental, physical health among college students one year into COVID-19

Following research about college students from before COVID-19 with a survey at the pandemic's Year I mark, an international team of scientists detected no improvement in the students' mental well-being even after the introduction of vaccines and the easing of social distancing methods, let alone a return to campuses in many instances.

2 Dec 2021

Hospitals refused to give patients ivermectin. Lockdowns and political pressure followed.

One Montana hospital went into lockdown and called police after a woman threatened violence because her relative was denied her request to be treated with ivermectin.

2 Dec 2021

COVID-19 pandemic has a long-lasting impact on the future of nursing, survey reveals

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., a leading provider of advisory and workforce solutions, including contingent staffing, permanent placement and other consultative services for healthcare clients, today announced the results from a nationally represented survey of nurses and nursing students showing that the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced long-lasting negative perceptions of their future careers.

1 Dec 2021

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AI can detect signs of lung-clogging blot clots in electrocardiograms, shows study

Study looks at the impact of long-term efforts to improve gender balance

Simple, inexpensive method to predict the risk of functional disability in older people

New report warns about failure to appreciate the complex nature of environmental risks

Local pharmacists fill Rx void as big brands pull out of rural areas

Nurses in crisis over covid dig in for better work conditions

New UN-wide initiative to foster healthy aging and improve the lives of older people

Study: Pregnant women with disabilities have increased risk for birth complications and death

New report provides data on the wellbeing of working-age Australians with chronic conditions

Data science proved what Pittsburgh’s Black leaders knew: Racial disparities compound covid risk

New research explores midwives' work situation and environment

Equipment-free handheld microfluidic injection provides visible readout of SARS-CoV-2 detection

Data shows decline in mental, physical health among college students one year into COVID-19

Hospitals refused to give patients ivermectin. Lockdowns and political pressure followed.

COVID-19 pandemic has a long-lasting impact on the future of nursing, survey reveals

With federal covid sick leave gone, workers feel pressure to show up at work

Predicting the far-field transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors

Effects of social class, ethnicity, and gender on burden of COVID-19 mortality

Acute SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy associated with placental ACE2 shedding

Previous trauma can affect patients during pregnancy, childbirth and after

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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